diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index adb66a2fae18b3e54e671e497635ffcc2db803ba..f1f60bd4865acf222c3440222ac287bc793cca20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 			phydev_err(phydev, "error creating 'phy_standalone' sysfs entry\n");
 	}
 
-	phydev->dev_flags = flags;
+	phydev->dev_flags |= flags;
 
 	phydev->interface = interface;